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Dark Horse 4 Elf Party and Bottle Release Details

A ludicrous tap list, live music, eclectic food selection, limited bottle release and people dressed up in elf costumes all at the same damn time – this is Dark Horse Brewing Company’s Annual 4 Elf Party (December 8 – 3pm to midnight, tokens for bottles handed out at 11am). Known for becoming a simultaneous holiday beer party and limited release, this event will have craft beer nerds flocking to the small town of Marshall, Michigan in droves.

While the event signals the annual arrival of 4 Elf Winter ale, the real showstopper is a bourbon barrel aged version of their already stellar Plead the 5th imperial stout. Dark Horse also has vintage bottles available this year, along with five other exclusive rarities.

Bottle information from the brewery:

2011 4 Elf Winter Ale: 19 cases / 2 – 4 pack limit

2012 4 Elf Winter Ale: 180 cases – no limit

2011 BBL Plead the 5th: 9 cases / 1 – 4 pack limit

2012 BBL Plead the 5th: 432 cases / 2 case limit

Amounts available and limits to be announced soon for the following:

Monster 29 (Imperial Barleywine)

BBL Monster 29 (Imperial Barleywine)

MMMM (Chocolate Rye Porter – Rye Whiskey BBL Aged)

Ginger in Your Pants (Imperial Red – Rye Whiskey BBL Aged)

Militiagan (Potable Oat Wine – Angels Envy BBL Aged)

As if this wasn’t quite enough, the brewery is rolling out 46 (yes, FORTY-SIX) of their draft beers including one-offs, barrel aged versions of popular favorites and a bunch of items I’ve never even heard of.

Check it out:

Crooked Tree IPA

Raspberry Ale

Amber Ale

Boffo Brown Ale

Reserve Special Black Ale

ONE Oatmeal Stout

TOO Cream Stout

TRES Blueberry Stout

Plead the 5th Imperial Stout

Bourbon Barrel Plead the 5th

Monster 29

Bourbon Monster 29

Thirsty Trout Porter

Scotty Karate Scotch Ale

KBE Dark Horse Volume II (coconut raspberry porter)

Tall, Dark, and Crunchy’s

Death Star Lover

Artic Dekoorc Eert

Ollirama Dekoorc Eert

Sc-7 Dekoorc Eert

GingeRed

Militiagan

Ginger in yer Pants

MMMM

HomoBourbonSapien

Whiskey Richard

Lambeek wants Dragonfruit

Lambeek wants Passionfruit

Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock

Aigre Plead the 5th

King of the Forrest

Sour 3 Guy off the Scale Old Ale

Lost Droid Chenstnut Porter

Wassupwiththemonkey Blueberry Ale

F.F. Dekoorc Eert

Edacsac Dekoorc Eert

Belgianator Belgian IPA

Bourbon MMMM

Sarsaparilla 666 Stout

Sahti

Westy Wendell’s West Coast Wheat

4 Elf 2011

4 Elf 2012

Kmita Kolsch

MBG 15 Ann’y Ale

Bourbon Militagan

Crazy, right? Read the rest of the important details (seriously, read it) on their official event page.